Recent content by ComradeLewis

Re: i need help! Notepad. Translating is a low-tech job. Translators don't usually waste their time with typesetting their projects. Typesetters here use GIMP or Photoshop.

Chapter 5 is out. I'm hoping that exposes my work to the general community. For those of you that don't know, translators are considered to be on trial basis for 4 translations. Apparently, that means that their work is relegated to an obscure page/graveyard until the translator produces a 5th...

Well, my dictionary defines 以前に as the adverb "previously," which totally confuses me, since the verb is not past tense. Could it be a typo? Maybe 以前の? I can only guess that it may mean, "the previous dimension of winning and/or not winning is different [from this one]." Hopefully, someone...

Added a new chapter of Wicked Cupid (CH. 3). I've also finished a drop list for Gundam Breaker if anyone here is interested in the PS3/Vita game. However, I'll probably focus more on manga now that that project is finished enough for people to play the game. On a side note, they really don't...

Re: The Japanese Study Thread ちゃう is a contraction of て+しまう. When attached to the Te form of a verb it it gives a sense of completeness and often has the connotation of regret, like if you were to say something that you regret, or were not suppose to tell a person. Or if you were to eat...

Thanks for the help. For some reason I never considered that it might be a typo. It turns out that both characters can be typed as "dan," so my instincts were correct about it talking about ammo. Unfortunately, when dealing with games, context isn't always available.

敵のパーツを外すとパーツ付属のオプション装備の段数が最大数の１０％回復する I understand the majority of the sentence, however the 段数 part is messing me up. My gut tells me it is talking about ammo, but no matter where I look -online or in multiple dictionaries- it refers to steps, levels or grades. Right now I have: "Recover...

Yeah, it would be nice if there was someone to clean and typeset the series. I'll have chapter 3 out before too long.

I've just started the Musashi series by Eiji Yoshikawa. I was putting it off thinking that it was going to be sombre or self-important, but I'm totally surprised how humorous it is. I've only read 3 chapters so far, but I am enjoying it quite a bit.

I've been reading RAW manga for about 7 years now and I still use a dictionary regularly. I wouldn't suggest thinking that that is something your going to grow out of any time soon. Sure, you might go 10 pages without looking up a word, but it's still necessary. I do use paper dictionaries...

Yeah, I would agree with you. Grammar should be your top priority until you finish your intermediate lessons. You can always look up words, but grammar is something you should know well enough going into it. If you have trouble with grammar, look into getting a copy of "A dictionary of basic...

Cool. That sounds good. It's taken me a few weeks of fumbling around trying to figure out how this website is suppose to work. I still can't figure out how they expect someone to check a translation without a RAW available. I also thought it was a bit strange that a translator's first 5...

I would say 2 years is about right. I didn't even bother until I finished 4 college courses worth of work. There were a few students that would attempt to read a manga or two in the first 2 classes, but I can't say how successful you could be doing that. Without knowing sentence structure, your...

Howdy! I'm currently working on the "Wicked Cupid" series, also known as "Tende Showaru Cupid," by Yoshihiro Togashi. Yoshihiro Togashi is better known for his work on Yu Yu Hakusho. The manga is different from what you would expect from his other work; it focuses more on comical dialogue and...

No Galneryus love? I couldn't have gotten through White Knight Chronicles without them...